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Do you want to make your own robot at home? But, of course, one can not spend hundreds or thousands of dollars, and definitely would not be able to join a 4-year-long engineering institute to learn how to do it?

Well, we have good news for you—Try the Raspberry Pi board to create amazing projects at highly affordable cost.Raspberry Pi is a tiny, cheaper and customizable computer that helps anyone learn how to code almost all sorts of software and hardware projects—from designing your own robot to automating things around the house.

This mini-computer, Raspberry Pi, is as powerful as your smartphone and can easily connect to the Internet and interface with a lot of hardware components.

Of course, you will need to learn some basic programming skills and beginner’s guide on how to connect to the hardware devices.

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Here's the list of 8 training courses that this The Raspberry Pi Mastery Bundle course will walk you through:

Introduction To Raspberry Pi

Bitcoin Mining Using Raspberry Pi

Automation with Raspberry Pi Zero

Hardware Projects Using Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Robotics

Home Automation in 48 Hours Without Coding

Internet of Things (IoT) Automation using Raspberry Pi 2

Build Your Own ArmBot Step By Step Using Raspberry Pi Zero

By the end of this course, you'll get a nuanced understanding of robotics with Raspberry Pi. The course is great for getting an introduction to the hardware and software capabilities of the Raspberry Pi and will help beginners get up and running in no time.

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released an experimental version of its lightweight Linux-based Debian operating system called PIXEL OS that can run on most standard desktop computers ships with Windows and Mac OS X without the need of a Raspberry Pi.

Initially launched in September this year, the PIXEL operating system, stands for "Pi Improved Xwindows Environment, Lightweight," was originally designed to work with Raspberry Pi to turn it into a fully-functional PC.

However, Raspberry Pi has now released a version of PIXEL that comes preloaded with a variety of popular tools and can be installed directly on PCs and Mac computers, so you do not have to buy a Raspberry Pi to use PIXEL anymore.

"There is a massive installed base of PC and Mac hardware out there, which can run x86 Debian just fine. Could we do something for the owners of those machines?" Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton said in a blog post.

"So, after three months of hard work..., we have a Christmas treat for you: an experimental version of Debian+PIXEL for x86 platforms."

The new release will help school students who can now use their PCs or Macs for building their projects based on $35 Raspberry Pi, without any need to tweak "schoolwork to run on two subtly different operating systems."

Upton warned that the Pi edition of PIXEL was still "experimental" so might have some vulnerabilities or other "minor issues," meaning it might not run well on some desktop computers.

Get ready for a ThanksGiving celebration from the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

Raspberry Pi, the charitable foundation behind the United Kingdom's best-selling computer, has just unveiled its latest wonder – the Raspberry Pi Zero.

Raspberry Pi Zero is a programmable computer that costs just $5 (or £4), may rank as the world's cheapest computer.

Raspberry Pi Zero: Just $5 Computer

Yes, Pi Zero is the smallest Raspberry Pi yet for just $5, but might be the biggest when looking at its specifications:

Broadcom BCM2835 application processor (same as Pi 1)

1GHz ARM11 core (40 percent faster than Raspberry Pi 1)

512MB of LPDDR2 SDRAM

Micro-SD card slot

MiniHDMI socket for 1080p60 video output

Micro-USB for data

Micro-USB for power

Unpopulated 40-pin GPIO connector

Identical pinout to Model A+/B+/2B

Unpopulated composite video connector

Smallest ever form factor (i.e. 65mm x 30mm x 5mm)

Get Your Raspberry Pi Zero Now!

The Raspberry Pi is responsible for the creation of credit card sized computers, but after years of working to lower the size and cost, founder Eben Upton says the foundation came up with Raspberry Pi Zero that is about the size of a stick of gum and costs just US$5.

Upton said the Pi Zero, made in Wales and runs full Raspbian and all your favorite applications including Scratch, Sonic Pi and Minecraft, was as revolutionary as the first Pi.

The Raspberry Pi Zero is on sale from today and is also given away with this month’s copy of the Raspberry Pi own magazine MagPi (available at Barnes & Noble and Microcenter).

You can order the Pi Zero, which is also available in the UK from element14, The Pi Hut and Pimoronia; in Europe from The Raspberry Pi Swag Store; and in the US from Adafruit and in Micro Center stores.

Anonymity is something that seems next to impossible in this era of government surveillance. Even Tor and VPNs are no longer seem to be enough to protect user privacy. Once your IP address is discovered, your Game Over!

However, a method have been devised that not only allow users to anonymously connect to public Wi-Fi network, but also let them connect from about 2.5 Miles away.

Security researcher Benjamin Caudill has developed a device that adds an extra layer of anonymity to whistleblowers, journalists, dissidents and, of course, criminals.

Dubbed ProxyHam, it's a "hardware proxy" that allows users to connect to a long-distance public Wi-Fi network over an unidentifiable low-frequency radio channels, making it more difficult for government agencies and spies to unearth the real identity and source of the Internet traffic.

How Proxyham is made?

Proxyham is comprised of a WiFi-enabled Raspberry Pi computer, along with a three antennas setup. One antenna is used to connect to a source Wi-Fi network at a public place, and the other two antennas are used to transmit the Wi-Fi signal at a 900 MHz frequency.

By relying on a 900 MegaHertz radio connection, ProxyHam effectively connects to a far-away Wi-Fi, with a range of between 1 and 2.5 Miles, depending upon certain interference factors.

Therefore, in case if spies manage to completely trace the target's internet connection, they will find only the IP address of ProxyHam box transmitting a low-level radio signal thousands of feet away in some direction.

Caudill tells Motherboard that he and his colleagues are also working to add additional features like self-destruction to the ProxyHam. Future iterations might be small enough as to fit Proxyham into a book to make it easier to hide.

"If you throw this in a library it would take you years to be able to identify it," Caudill said.

Caudill will unveil this game changer ProxyHam box at the Def Con hacker conference in Las Vegas next month. He will also release the hardware specs, the source code and the blueprint of the device so that anyone can develop their own.

Caudill is planning to sell ProxyHam at cost for $200, "as a service to the community," and he also hopes that he’ll be able to drop the price to $150 soon.

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Earlier today, when Raspberry Pi Foundation unveiled the second avatar of its mini computer, the tech giant Microsoft revealed that Windows 10 operating system will support the Raspberry Pi 2 for the development of smart devices and appliances.

Really a great news for all Micro-computing fans – a new, powerful Raspberry Pi 2 Model B in town. However, Microsoft added another reason to celebrate it – the new model of Raspberry Pi 2 runs Windows 10.

The all-new and powerful version of Raspberry Pi 2 brings a host of new hardware, including a Broadcom 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor and 1GB of RAM. Raspberry Pi Foundation says that these upgrades make the Pi 2 Model B a much more powerful computer which costs $35 only.

Raspberry Pi 2 have six times the processing power of Model B+. Also, its quad-core chip and twice the amount of main memory will support more intensive processing tasks, which means the device can do almost everything a normal PC can, such as Word processing, Web surfing, among other tasks.

The Raspberry Pi is an extremely simple computer that looks and feels very basic, but could be built into a number of geeky projects. Because of low-cost appeal of the Raspberry Pi, the nonprofit Raspberry Pi Foundation has sold 4.5 million units.

In its blog announcing the Raspberry Pi 2, the organization says it’s been working closely with Microsoft for the last six months to bring the forthcoming Windows 10 to the new Raspberry Pi 2.

"Because it has an ARMv7 processor, it can run the full range of ARM GNU/Linux distributions, including Snappy Ubuntu Core, as well as Microsoft Windows 10," said Raspberry Pi creator Eben Upton.

Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system is expected to launch this summer, and is designed to work across mobile and desktop as well. But What’s more? The new OS is being pitched at tablets, Xbox, hybrids, and the fast-emerging "Internet of Things."

It’s still unclear whether the version of Windows 10 will be any lighter than other installs, but Microsoft says it will share more details soon.

"We are excited about our work with the Raspberry Pi Foundation and to share that Windows 10 will support Raspberry Pi 2," wrote Kevin Dallas, General Manager of Windows IoT Group, Microsoft. "We will be sharing more details about our Windows 10 plans for IoT in the coming months."

So far, Raspberry Pi Foundation has supported a handful of operating systems, including Linux, and now it will support Windows.